Houston Rockets

The long-held belief had been that in order to be the best, you had to be built to beat the best. So you strategized with Jordan Rules, added bulk to contend with the beef of Shaq, worked to solve the riddle of Phil Jackson's triangle. But what the NBA has shown in recent years, particularly in the past three, is that success has been delivered through diversity: the LeBron James-centric Miami Heat in 2012 and '13, the selfless San Antonio Spurs and their irrepressible ball movement in 2014, and now the 3-point threat of the Golden State Warriors. Yet among the league's lesser half, where the depth of talent is decidedly shallower, the focus can remain singular:...

Related "Houston Rockets" Articles

The Clippers waived small forward Jordan Hamilton on Saturday, creating flexibility by opening a spot on their roster. They previously had been at the NBA maximum of 15 players.
Hamilton appeared in 14 games with the Clippers last season, making two...

Josh Smith wrote a column for the Players' Tribune to clarify a remark that he made at a Clippers news conference earlier this month.
The takeaway: He wants you to know that he wasn't talking about the money.
When the 29-year-old veteran forward...

Doc Rivers, the Clippers' president of basketball operations, has stocked the team's roster like a grocery store in the days before a snowstorm. There's a Socrates-deep bench to go with two of the NBA's top players, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, not to...

Clippers' superstar power forward Blake Griffin will reportedly participate in USA Basketball's mini camp in August in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to ESPN.
Griffin was going to play for Team USA at the...

After playing for the Lakers the last two seasons, Wesley Johnson is taking the long trip down the Staples Center hallway.
The Clippers signed Johnson to a one-year, veteran’s minimum contract earlier this month.
At a news conference on Tuesday, Johnson...

The Clippers reached an agreement Wednesday with free-agent point guard Pablo Prigioni on a one-year, veteran's minimum contract.
Prigioni was recently waived by the Denver Nuggets after they acquired him in a trade with the Houston Rockets involving...

Josh Smith picked the Clippers over teams that could offer him more money, something that he says will affect his family.
Smith, 29, signed with the Clippers for one year and $1.5 million earlier this month. The veteran forward, however, will make most...

Khloe Kardashian is finalizing her divorce from former NBA star Lamar Odom and managed to deflect that development by announcing on the same day that she'll be getting her very own primetime talk show.
"Such a crazy day!!! Very emotional! Thank...

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey acknowledged adding Ty Lawson is a risky move but said the possible reward is worth that risk.
Lawson was acquired in a trade with the Denver Nuggets on Monday, giving the Rockets needed depth at point guard,...

Canada … China … the Western Conference finals.
Only one truly qualifies as foreign territory for the Clippers, whose preseason itinerary includes stops in Vancouver and Shanghai and whose postseason journey could take it further than any team in...

The Clippers did far more than retain DeAndre Jordan this summer. They notched the latest in a series of free-agent triumphs Thursday when they signed veteran forward Josh Smith for one year and $1.5 million, snagging a onetime borderline All-Star for a...

Having persevered through the dizzying DeAndre Jordan saga, the Clippers on Monday went about the far less stressful business of securing Jordan's backup.
The team signed journeyman center Cole Aldrich to a two-year contract, with the second year a...

The Clippers signed center Cole Aldrich, the team announced Monday.
The 26-year-old averaged 5.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 61 games last season with the New York Knicks.
Aldrich, 6 feet, 11 inches, was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets as...

FIFA World Cup mania hit the Las Vegas Strip Saturday when women’s soccer player and Team USA world champion Christen Press took over Encore Beach Club at Encore Las Vegas. Press wore a one-piece swimsuit during the party with her group of 12...

The Lakers signed rookies D'Angelo Russell and Larry Nance Jr. to multiyear, rookie-scale contracts before their summer league game Friday in Las Vegas.
Russell, a 19-year-old guard from Ohio State, was selected with the second overall pick in...

You have got to wear your big boy pants if you want to compete in the West.
That became even more apparent after one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of the NBA, in which the Los Angeles Clippers and DeAndre Jordan held the sporting world...

Less than a week after suffering the most devastating defection in franchise history, the Clippers have stunningly, nuttily, filled the giant hole left by DeAndre Jordan.
They replaced him with DeAndre Jordan.
You can't make this stuff up.
In the...

Somewhere along the way, Royce White contends, his story got twisted. The information about his fear of flying became misinformation. People started to believe the blogs and the breathless reports about why a first-round draft pick was failing to make...

If being photographed in the same place at the same time means two people are dating, then Khloe Kardashian and NBA star James Harden are "dating."
Or -- maybe they were just in the same place at the same time several times over the holiday...

The day that the world found out DeAndre Jordan decided to leave the Clippers for the Dallas Mavericks, his good buddy and former Clippers teammate Blake Griffin was not at home sulking.
Instead the superstar power forward was taking batting practice...